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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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